In my youth fashion was about moustaches and curly hair.

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

Don't get me wrong, growing up in Edinburgh, I was all too familiar with the Hibs and Hearts rivalry. My father grew up in Leith - Hibee territory - just off of Easter Road on Albert Street.

The crowd are more understanding at Anfield than at any other football ground.

Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts.

We had a nightmare on our first album, and went through two producers. I decided, on the second album, to take the money that we were supposed to use for pre-production, and we went into a studio and cut the album with no producer. We finished the whole thing without telling the record company.

I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.